Unnamed Tributary Ararat River Stream Restoration Project

At UT Ararat, the project partners implemented a restoration design with a combination of structures, including log veins, root wads, and plantings, all working together to stabilize the streambank. These structures and vegetation reduce sediment by 13.8 tons, promoting a healthier ecosystem.

Instream Construction

At UT Ararat, the project partners implemented a restoration design with a combination of structures, including log veins, root wads, and plantings, all working together to stabilize the streambank. These structures and vegetation reduce sediment by 13.8 tons, promoting a healthier ecosystem.

At UT Ararat, the project partners implemented a restoration design with a combination of structures, including log veins, root wads, and plantings, all working together to stabilize the streambank. These structures and vegetation reduce sediment by 13.8 tons, promoting a healthier ecosystem.

Stabilized Streambank

At UT Ararat, the project partners implemented a restoration design with a combination of structures, including log veins, root wads, and plantings, all working together to stabilize the streambank. These structures and vegetation reduce sediment by 13.8 tons, promoting a healthier ecosystem.

UT Ararat River
Ararat River Watershed
Dobson, Surry, NC
Status:  Complete
Stream Restored: ~709
Planting Stats: 1,406 livestakes & 244 trees
Carbon Sequestration:  13 tons
Sediment Reduction: 13.8 tons

Resource Institute’s Partners:

Natural Resource Concerns/Issues

  • Streambanks on UT Ararat were steep and severely eroded and lacked a riparian buffer

  • Original Stream = Type B4

Project Objectives:

  • Restored Stream Type = B4

  • Improve water quality by reducing sediment, nutrient, organic, and inorganic loading of the stream and reduce streambank erosion

  • Stabilize the stream reach to prevent further aggradation or degradation by providing an improved dimension, pattern and/or profile that will improve sediment transport and manage surface waters and groundwater levels in floodplains, riparian areas, and wetlands

  • Construct rock and woody structures to provide instream habitat, stabilize streambanks and the channel bed

  • Provide an alternate watering source for livestock, including a pump and livestock pipeline to convey water to watering facilities and protect the surrounding heavy-use area.

  • Install fencing to restrict livestock access to the stream corridor to protect streambanks and streambank vegetation

  • Establish a riparian buffer, remove invasive plant species, and reestablish native plants, trees, and shrubs